Naval Academy senior swimmer Charlotte Meyer carries a lot of history and sentiment on her shoulders next week when she travels to the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska.

Meyer, a senior from Bethesda, is the daughter of two Naval Academy graduates, Robin and Drew Meyer, and has two older brothers who are Naval Academy grads and now serve as Navy pilots, 28-year-old Adam and 24-year-old Mark.

Her parents met at the academy, and her mother Robin was in the first class at the academy that included women.

"You might say I followed them into the Naval Academy," said Meyer, who will be making her second appearance in the Olympic Trials, having also competed in 2012. "There was never any pressure to follow them to the academy, it was my own decision. But there was a lot of natural paternal influence just from them having both attended."

The family tradition carries over to swimming as Meyer's brothers were both on the Navy swim team and also competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials. Meyer said their swimming success and Naval Academy experience have influenced her.

Meyer is one of 11 current or former Naval Academy swimmers who will be competing in the Olympic Trials which start Sunday and run through July 3.

Also representing the Naval Academy will be Lauren Barber, Ellen Bradford, Thuy-Mi Dinh, and Kenzie Margroum among the women and Martin Brutkiewicz, David Carlson, Luke Hoffer, Ethan King, Brayden Lauffer and Luke Nelson among the men. Two other Mids qualified for the trials but will not compete, Jonathan Debaugh and Tom Duvall.

Two of the swimmers qualified for more than one event. Barber qualified in three events: the 100 breaststroke, the 200 free and the 200 IM; her time in the 100 breast ranks 45th among those who had qualified as of June 15. Brutkiewicz qualified in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events

Preliminary heats will be held in each event with either the top eight swimmers in the trial heats advancing directly into a final or the top 16 swimmers from the trial heats moving on into one of two semifinal races. The top eight swimmers from the semifinal round of competition advance into a final.

Only the first- and second-place swimmers in each individual event final are guaranteed a spot on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.

Taking to the water on the first day of trials are Lauffer in the 400 IM, Nelson in the 400 freestyle, Meyer in the women's 400 individual medley and Brutkiewicz in the 100 breaststroke.

Lauffer was the last of the Mids to qualify for the trials, swimming 4:25.98 in a meet last weekend to beat the standard of 4:27.49.

Nelson, a sophomore from Providence, Rhode Island, qualified in the 2016 ECAC Long Course meet. He beat the qualifying time by just .33 of a second, posting a time of 3:58.36.

"I am so excited to have made it, regardless of how close it was," Nelson said. "To be honest, it wasn't until I was in the pool and swimming that I felt I had a chance. I felt good about halfway through, but didn't feel I had a shot at it until two minutes before I did it.

"It's helped make up for a lot of ups and downs I have had during the season," Nelson added.

Nelson said swimming on the first day might make his experience come and go before he knows it.

"We'll see once I get there," he said. "But being among the first to swim on the first day, kind of makes it special."

Barber, a sophomore who grew up outside Pittsburgh, will open her meet June 27 with the 100 breaststroke before swimming again the next day in the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley. She will compete against 2016 academy graduate Bradford in the 100 breaststroke.

Barber said the 100 breaststroke is her best event, followed by the 200 freestyle.

"It is without doubt harder to prepare and train for three events rather than one. I have had to do a lot of training in all the different strokes," Barber said. "But it's an honor to be able to compete in so many programs with the chance to represent the Academy and the swim program. It shows what a good program we have here."

Barber's best time in the 100 breast is 1:09.72, which ranks her 45th among almost 200 women who have qualified for the trials in the event. She ranked 80th in the 200IM with a time of 2:17.19.

In the 200 IM, Barber must swim four strokes: the freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

"The IM certainly tests your overall ability as a swimmer and is the result of all the hard work I've put in since coming to the Naval Academy," she said.

Also in competition on June 27 will be 2016 graduate Carlson and rising senior Ethan King. Both will swim in the 100 backstroke event.

King qualified for the trials with a time of 56.42 seconds, while Carlson qualified with the exact time needed of 57.19 seconds. King narrowly missed also qualifying for the trials in the 100 freestyle.

King qualified in July 2015 with his Tennessee swim club, but he's had the good fortune to have Carlson to compete with and against this season.

"It's been great to train with each other," said King. "We've pushed each other in practice. It's been a lot of fun. It's really great to have two backstrokers from Navy."

Though a senior with a year of collegiate eligibility remaining, King won't likely have another shot at qualifying for an Olympics.

"This is pretty much a one-shot deal, so I want to enjoy it the best I can," he said. "This is what you push for as a swimmer, to qualify for the Olympic Trials. It outshines every other meet."

Adding to the drama for Carlson is that it likely will be the final race of his competitive career. Carlson has been assigned to San Diego, where he will serve on the USS New Orleans.

"This will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for me, plus this will be the last race I ever swim," said Carlson, who added that the Olympic Trials "are an awesome way to go out."

"It has been something I have dreamed off since I was little; it's the end goal of most swimmers because the next step is the Olympics," added Carlson, who qualified in a special meet held following the Army-Navy meet.

Carlson agreed that having someone in the same event has made training more fun.

"It has been a real positive to be able to train with each other. We've really pushed each other," Carlson added.

Brutkiewicz returns to the water on June 29 for the 200 breaststroke, during which he will compete along with 2014 graduate Hoffer, who swam in the Olympic Trials in the 200 breaststroke event in 2012.

Margroum, a senior, and Thuy-Mi Dinh, a 2010 Academy grad, will compete in their respective 50 freestyle events on July 2. Dinh previously swam in the 50 free at the 2008 Olympic Trials.

Like most of her teammates, Meyer realizes her shot at making the Olympics team is a long one, but she still considers it a big accomplishment special just to make it to the trials again.

"To represent the academy and the swim team is a big enough honor," she said. "And after going once before, going a second time is such a thrill."

Added Carlson: "There is a lot of pride in representing the Academy and the team. I am super excited."

Nelson said the fact that the school is well represented adds to the experience for him.

"I am so excited to represent a great program and a great school. To have so many swimmers going is great for the program," added Nelson. "It's really exciting to be part of that, to be part of such a great group of people."

Live results from the entire meet can be found at www.USASwimming.org. Additionally, either NBC or the NBC Sports Network will televise the meet on each of its eight days, with a live stream of every morning preliminary heat session (11 a.m. EDT start) available through the NBC Sports Extra app.